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Swiss Central Gazzette (Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

Our hockey exports played a further two games a piece. Please find our reports as follows:

 

Marcel's Nova Scotia team played the Houston Bulls and come out victorious in a 4-3 thriller. The Bulls scored already after barely two minutes played. As no further goal was scored by either side, this period ended 1-0. The middle period was all Halifax' from a score board point of view as the only goal was scored by Leclerc @PoignardLeclerc11 (Von Strangle, Janser) in power play. In the third period the Bulls took the lead with an even strength goal, which was answered by James' @4rch3y(AL, Volchenko) power play goal, his first goal since he joined the Nova Scotians as a free agent. The Texans took the lead again with a little more than five minutes left in the game. However, Halifax answered with two back-to-back goals by AL @bigAL(James, Crumb) and Staal @LumberChuck(Leclerc, Janser). In the last minute, the Bulls pulled a goalie, but to no avail. We would be sorely amiss to not mention that Door got beat up not only once but twice in this game and that a general brawl broke out early in the third. From what we can tell from the footage available to us, the whole thing started when Salo @Infernal (HOU) cross checked Janser @Morcar80 (HFX). This provoked McMuffin @Ente2997(HFX) and Johnson @MrMonkey (HOU) to use their sticks for fencing practice. After that all bets were off and Komaryk @Komaryk, Lospenov @Gretzky didnt lift da puck and Kovalchuk @Banackock from Houston as well as 21st's Ingram @NatIng14, Door @your door and Hagel @jasplunds turned this icehockey match finally into a polysportive event by adding MMA to the mix. All of them were sent to the sin bin for five minutes to cool off, with the exception of Lospenov, who the umpires deemed to be the instigator of the boxing match and consequently suffered a game misconduct for his efforts. The three (bruised?) stars were James (1g/1a), AL (1g/1a) and Leclerc (1g/1a). The goalkeepers were playing on eye level with Jarvinen @Collusion(.852) having a slight edge over Wumbo @Fire Vigneault(.850), but still has a L in his statistics for this match. Halifax' special teams saved the day, as the power play was a good 2/7 and the penalty kill a perfect 4/4.

Marcel had 0g, 2a, -1, 2 hits, 1sb and 27:34 TOI (second most of his team)

 

The next game was a rematch and was lost 7-5. The Bulls opened the score after only 43 seconds played. However, within less than two minutes, Volchenko @Austin2997 (Von Strangle, AL), Von Strangle @Timmy Turner(Janser) in power play and James (AL, Crumb) put the 21st 3-1 ahead, after only 4:19 minutes played! That was the end of Dubnyk's @ThatsGreissy working day and he was relieved in net by Jarvinen. The second period ended 1-1, with AL (McMuffin, Hagel) scoring in power play. 'How could Halifax lose this game with a two goal lead and only twenty minutes left to play', you ask? Well, with a defensive collaps of epic proportion, allowing four consecutive goals in less than sixteen minutes, that is how. AL's (McMuffin, Hagel) power play goal came too late and in an act of desperation, Halifax pulled their goaltender and were 'rewarded' with the killing blow in shape of an empty net goal. Komaryk (2g/0a), Johnson (1g/2a) and AL (2g/2a) were named the three stars of the match. We think though, that AL was anally fisted by a circus monkey for not getting the number one spot, as he did all a defenceman could be asked to earn this spot (and then some). The goaltenders had a saving rate of .400 (Dubnyk), .875 (Wumbo) and .920 (Jarvinen) respectively. It is no exaggeration if we state that Jarvinen saved his team this night, as without him, surely this would have been a loss for the Bulls. The Halifax' special teams were once more very effective with a 3/5 power play and a 7/7 box play even.

Marcel was noted with 0g, 1a, -3, 2 hits, 6sb and 26:58 TOI (second most of his team)

 

Daniel's Norse team played the Watchmen in a 4-3 defeat. It took Knale @HatrickRoy(Nezuko, Upton) less than a minute to score. However, Bratislava answered with a brace, before Sprout @Liberty_Cabbage(Upton) equalized the game for the first intermission. In the second period Bratislava scored two against Sprout's (Nezuko, Upton) only goal of this period. In the third period, both teams neutralized each other and hence the Watchmen nursed their one goal advantage home for close win. The three stars were Upton @OscarTheSwagDude (0g/3a), Sprout (2g/0a) and Towbaker @Domino (1g/2a). The dual of the tendies ended in an extremely rare draw as Fletcher @DragonFire420 as well as Parise @Joker_TM boasted a saving rate of .900 each. Oslo lost the game with the special teams as neither power play (0/1) nor penalty kill (3/5) were good enough to prevent the loss.

Daniel was recorded with 0g, 0a, -1, 2 hits and 30:42 TOI (most of either team)

 

The second encounter was against acting Champion Vasteras and ended in a 4-2 win for Oslo. Vasteras' opening goal was answered by the Storm with three consecutive goals. Sprout scored a hattrick assisted by Upton (1st goal), Knale, Nezuko (2nd goal, in power play) and Upton, Knale (3rd goal) respectively. The Iron Eagles pulled one back before the end of the second period. However, only 44 seconds into the third, Puhovs (Janser, 3rd) scored in power play for the final score. Sprout (3g/0a), Cobberson @Hendrix Cobberson (1g/1a) and Hunter @dshervill (1g/0a) were awarded the three stars of the night. Both netminders showed a solid performance, with Fletcher (.935) outshining Byrne @teknonym(.905). Oslo's special teams saved the day with a perfect show of the penalty killing unit (5/5) and a decent performance of the power play formation (2/8).

Daniel had 0g, 1a, -1 and 3 hits to his name.

 

The Swiss Hitmen's stats so far:

Marcel: 30gp, 2g, 16a, 18pts, -21, 12 PIM, 23 hits, 47sb, 1gwg, 2ppg

Daniel: 30gp, 9g, 19a, 28pts, -20, 44 PIM, 104 hits, 15sb, 2gwg, 2ppg

 

Stay tuned for further updates on Marcel 'Hammer' and Daniel 'Anvil' Janser's careers.

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/112905-a-tale-of-two-brothers-1st-quarter-conclusions/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/112961-a-tale-of-two-brothers-defeats/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113033-a-tale-of-two-brothers-a-mixed-bag/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113125-a-tale-of-two-brothers-marching-on/

GM 142: Halifax 21st vs. Houston Bulls (vhlportal.com)

GM 149: Houston Bulls vs. Halifax 21st (vhlportal.com)

GM 116: Bratislava Watchmen vs. Oslo Storm (vhlportal.com)

GM 120: Vasteras Iron Eagles vs. Oslo Storm (vhlportal.com)

Edited December 9, 2021 by Daniel Janser